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Re: av
I think what you really need is a brand new hard drive.
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Sending packages abroad
Has anyone on here had much experience sending things to foreign countries. I want to send a laptop to South America and have no idea which firm to se nd it with. The only way I can decide on which...
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OT Google World Cup
Is it just me or have the Google servers collapsed under the weight of World Cup activity? Most other things seem to be ok but even getting a map to load takes an age. Maybe the Americans don't...
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9 years ago
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Loosening a ceiling rose
I have a round plastic ceiling rose in our kitchen which I am unable to rotate in order to remove it. I guess the heat from the bulb below may have distorted it, or just made it adhere tightly to the...
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9 years ago
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VW Generators
"Move over Golf, how about a VW home power plant? Like its cars, can Germany's smart grid network of Volkswagen mini-generators win over Britain?" Move over Audrey II, this is a real power plant.
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Water flowing into garage floor
For a while I've been more and more troubled by water flooding into the garage, every time it rains particularly hard. Its a concrete sectional job, with a slab concrete floor. The reason it flows in,...
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9 years ago
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Is this a World record?
I managed to drive a woman (in this case my Mother) 70 miles without her asking if she could have a piss stop. That's got to be a record.
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9 years ago
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Woodchip subsitute
3 days' work to avoid £2.99. Emulsion is not normally gap filling, you'll need something else to do that bit. NT
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9 years ago
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Measuring internal dimensions
Normally a little bit of error on an internal dimension doesn't really matter but it'll be important on this job. Both 'ends' are buried (so it's not possible to read the scale of a tape) and one end...
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9 years ago
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Beading Floor-skirting and Bath Trim Seal
2 Questions: 1) I am putting beading on a vinyl floor/skirting board boundary: is it recommended to stick both surfaces - floor and skirting - or, I have seen suggested, just do skirting to allow...
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9 years ago
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Cordless drill report - Metabo BS12Pro 10.8V
Very confusing name ("Metabo BS12PRO Cordless Drill/Driver") considering it's 10.8V. Comes in a good case with two 4Ah Li-Ion batteries, a charger, and a rather natty angled drive gizzmo. I bought...
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9 years ago
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plumbing - joining plastic to copper, basin waste
Our handbasin waste pipe is a 28mm OD copper pipe. That is, the pipe that comes through the floor is 28mm. What's the best way to join a 32mm plastic to it so I can them use a plastic trap? Will just...
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9 years ago
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Hot Water Tank Balancing valve???
A friend of mine has just had a (leaking) 25 year old HW tank replaced - standard vented HW system gas heated by a secondary coil. The house is just like mine and on the output of the secondary...
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9 years ago
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top-hinged garage door?
When I was a lad, our garage door was hinged across the top. When you opened it, it did not use up any space inside the garage. They don't seem to make these any more: garage doors either lift up...
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9 years ago
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Tape recorder switch
I was wondering if anyone has seen one of these recently, lots of two input selectors around but one thatswitches input and output via phonos seem to be thin on the ground. I need it for a diy studio...
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9 years ago
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